Time Teens
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Ryan Alexander Dewar Duration Language English | 7/10 IMDb Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy Story by Ryan Alexander Dewar Country Scotland (UK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 25 February 2015 (2015-02-25) (Scotland) Initial release February 15, 2015 (United Kingdom) Directors Ryan Alexander Dewar, Ian Grieve Similar movies The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009), Slipstream (2005), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Timecrimes (2007), Looper (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time teens the beginning time travel exists trailer scottish feature film 2014 2015
Time Teens: The Beginning is a 2015 Scottish feature film directed by Ryan Alexander Dewar. It was originally written as a TV Series by writer/actor Ian Grieve around ten years earlier. Grieve was resident director in Perth Theatre where he met Dewar and they pursued Grieve's TV scripts as a short film.
Contents
- Time teens the beginning time travel exists trailer scottish feature film 2014 2015
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Reception
- Awards and nominations
- TV script
- References
Plot
Time travel exists. William is a Tourasaiche, Pilgrim Time traveller, policing time crime. When he receives a letter from the future, he has to decide if his future will happen how it is written, or if things can be changed.
Cast
Appearing in the film are:
Production
After filming for four days in 2013, the films duration was too long to be a short film but too short to be a full feature. The short film soon turned into a feature film with a plethora of Scottish cast coming on board the production. The filming occurred within 2 weeks over a one year period. Production took place in under three weeks over 2013 and 2014. Sponsor contributions made up £5,000 production budget. The release date was put back as Dewar and Grieve appealed for assistance to get the project finished.
Release
The film premiered in February 2015 at the Perth Playhouse Cinema on an IMAX screen and was then shown there for the following 3 weeks.
It had screenings at:
Reception
Some complained that the film did not include enough teenagers and was perhaps difficult in its concepts for younger audiences. Suggesting that the name could have been changed, though understood it was a pilot for a longer series.
Awards and nominations
Time Teens picked up an award at the monthly San Francisco Film awards and an award from the Accolade Film Award Competition. In Spring, the film picked up Best Narrative Feature in the Alaska International Film Festival, Nominated for Best Director in International Euro Film Festival and Ryan won Best Director and Ian, Best Actor in a leading Role at the International Independent Film Awards 2015. At the North by Midwest micro budget film festival, the film also picked up 2nd place for Long feature.
Nomination have extended to the Deep Fried Film Festival for best Science Fiction and nomination for Best Cinematography in Fife Film Expo.
The film opened with generally positive reviews with average weighted ratings between 7 and 8 out of 10.
TV script
Alongside the film, a TV script was also written. The end of the film is 'The Beginning' of the series.
References
Time Teens WikipediaTime Teens IMDb Time Teens themoviedb.org